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/ 25 October 2006
The African National Congress’s efforts to change Cape Town’s multiparty government is doing ”incalculable harm” to South Africa, city mayor Helen Zille said on Wednesday. ”They are not damaging the multiparty government, they are doing incalculable harm to South Africa,” she said in an opening speech at a full council meeting.
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/ 25 October 2006
The Young Communist League is ”flabbergasted and disturbed” by a school that still flies the old South African flag and sings the old national anthem, the YCL said on Wednesday. Pupils at the Christelike Volksonderwys primary school in Lichtenburg, North West, apparently still sing Die Stem at morning assemblies.
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/ 25 October 2006
Almost R15-billion of the about R80-billion increase in government spending over the next three years goes to 2010 Soccer World Cup major capital projects, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Wednesday. This infrastructure will benefit the country long after the final whistle in the tournament has sounded.
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/ 25 October 2006
Music and entertainment retailer Musica has launched Musica Megastores, which will offer customers more than 30 000 CD and DVD titles in its large-format stores. The first four Musica Megastores have been converted from CD Wherehouse, the other specialist music brand in the New Clicks stable.
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/ 25 October 2006
Mozilla on Tuesday released a new version of its Firefox web browser that has gained popularity as a free alternative to Microsoft’s ubiquitous Internet Explorer software. In the two years since its release by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, the Firefox browser has won millions of devotees worldwide.
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/ 25 October 2006
Google announced this week that bloggers and website operators are free to customise its powerful search engine and put it on their internet pages complete with money-making ads. Google Custom Search Engine provides online tools to tailor query boxes for websites or blogs in a guided step-by-step process.
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/ 25 October 2006
Ethiopia’s tiny neighbour Eritrea has nearly 10 000 soldiers and militia inside a United Nations buffer zone on their disputed border in a ”flagrant” breach of a ceasefire, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said. His figure was far higher than the 1 500 soldiers the United Nations last week accused Asmara of moving to the border.
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/ 25 October 2006
South Africa’s latest Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, outlined by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Wednesday, combines real increases in spending of 9,7% in the current 2006/07 financial year and 7% real average spending rises in each of the next three years, with almost perfectly balanced budgets in all four years.
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/ 25 October 2006
The International Cricket Council (ICC) used a chemical spray to reduce the impact of dew on Wednesday’s Champions Trophy match between Pakistan and New Zealand, saying it was in the interests of a fair contest. Excessive dew late in the evening often tilts the balance in favour of teams batting second in day-night matches.
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/ 25 October 2006
Former South African president Nelson Mandela’s lawyer has been accused of profiting from corruption proceeds involving Zambian ex-leader Frederick Chiluba, court documents obtained by Agence France-Presse showed on Wednesday.